The untouchables: N.Y. bill would make annoying police a felony
Source: Washington Times
The New York State Senate passed a bill Wednesday that makes it a felony to “harass, annoy, threaten or alarm” an on-duty police officer.
The bill, sponsored by Sens. Pat Gallivan, George Maziarz, Michael Ranzenhofe and Joe Griffo, seeks “to establish the crime of aggravated harassment of a police officer or peace officer.”
“Police officers who risk their lives every day in our cities and on our highways deserve every possible protection,” Mr. Griffo told WIVB 4. “And those who treat them with disrespect, harass them and create situations that can lead to injuries deserve to pay a price for their actions.”
A press release from the New York State Senate originally stated, “The bill (S.2402), sponsored by Senator Joe Griffo (R-C-I, Rome) would make it a felony to harass, annoy, or threaten a police officer while on duty.” However, WIVB 4 notes that as the bill is written, a person would be guilty of aggravated harassment if he or she contacted the officer physically with the intent to “harass, annoy, threaten or alarm.”
Read more: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/jun/6/untouchables-ny-bill-would-make-annoying-police-fe/#ixzz2VTJG0Pcd
There is a certain irony here that law enforcement, with all their lethal weapons and union rules protecting against behavior that would be criminally prosecutable if civilians did it, needs to be treated by our government as if they were Porcelain Figurines, liable to crumble at a foul word or even a withering glance, which - in Florida last week - got someone actually tasered (not making that up).
When people call the modern US a police state, it is honestly not an exaggeration. This bill should be vetoed by Cuomo, if it gets that far.
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longship
(40,416 posts)
ChairmanAgnostic
(28,017 posts)
freshwest
(53,661 posts)awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)blkmusclmachine
(16,149 posts)Time to fill 'em up!
awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)would get you locked up with laws like this.
pitbullgirl1965
(564 posts)
Remember the pearl clutching when it came out? awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)I revisit it from time to time.
Cooley Hurd
(26,877 posts)UpInArms
(51,284 posts)and they did appear to be felonious.
Who writes these types of headlines anyway?
blkmusclmachine
(16,149 posts)IN ACTION
JoeyT
(6,785 posts)Which means they can step in front of you, shoulder check you, and haul your ass off to jail.
It'll be the new "Stop resisting!".
Want to bet better than three quarters of the people that are guilty of "harassing" police officers won't be white people?
ZombieHorde
(29,047 posts)Comrade Grumpy
(13,184 posts)closeupready
(29,503 posts)I don't recognize American democracy anymore, some days.
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)interfering with police while they're carrying out their duties.
Doesn't deal with verbal taunts etc.
Comrade Grumpy
(13,184 posts)Interfering with an officer.
Obstruction of justice.
Resisting arrest.
And then, after they beat or taser you, assaulting an officer.
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)Closest is this:
http://ypdcrime.com/penal.law/article195.htm#p195.05
A person is guilty of obstructing governmental administration when he
intentionally obstructs, impairs or perverts the administration of law
or other governmental function or prevents or attempts to prevent a
public servant from performing an official function, by means of
intimidation, physical force or interference, or by means of any
independently unlawful act, or by means of interfering, whether or not
physical force is involved, with radio, telephone, television or other
telecommunications systems owned or operated by the state, or a county,
city, town, village, fire district or emergency medical service or by
means of releasing a dangerous animal under circumstances evincing the
actor`s intent that the animal obstruct governmental administration
This being Albany, though, probably won't pass the Assembly.
Comrade Grumpy
(13,184 posts)They'll find something to arrest you for in a hurry, and they don't even need this new law.
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)Pretty much a really horrible, shitty, guaranteed to result in jail or hospitalization thing to touch a cop while they're arresting someone or something like that.
KinMd
(966 posts)
FiveGoodMen
(20,018 posts)Did I fail to notice a few truckloads of strange-looking pods on the highway?
DeSwiss
(27,137 posts)
- It should be clear now that they're afraid of us. It's time to give them the boot.
K&R
Mike Daniels
(5,842 posts)"a person would be guilty of aggravated harassment if he or she contacted the officer physically with the intent to “harass, annoy, threaten or alarm.”
The bill makes specific reference to "physical contact". I guess that "harass" or "annoy" could be applied to physical contact that interfers with the officer performing his duties.
Interesting that the article leaves out the part of "physical contact" in the lead but then puts it in after they've already caused people to get their undergarments all wadded up.
closeupready
(29,503 posts)you are possibly on the wrong board.
clarice
(5,504 posts)closeupready
(29,503 posts)clarice
(5,504 posts)squat down in a line backer crouch, put your fingers in your cheeks, and make the stretched mouth face at them ?
closeupready
(29,503 posts)guns, clubs, protected by powerful unions, virtually immune from any kind of disciplinary action ... and somehow, Republicans think they need further protection.
Just a joke (not a funny one so much, since this bill is for real).
